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What is a soak?
We get asked quite often – what is a soak? When we refer to a soak in our Roasting 101 class, we’re generally talking about...
What's In A Roastery: Part 5
This is the fourth in an ongoing series on what tools we keep in the Mill City roastery for efficiency, quality control, and more. Click...
Green Blending Basics
The mystery of blending In a recent post about creating a great Holiday Blend, I mentioned a few strategies for blending greens. Blending helps roasters create...
Building the Best Holiday Blend
Blending Basics Blending coffees is a topic we cover every time we teach our roasting classes. We share some of the best practices, methodology, and...
What's In A Roastery: Part 4
This is the fourth in an ongoing series on what tools we keep in the Mill City roastery for efficiency, quality control, and more. Click...
What's In A Roastery: Part 3
This is the third in an ongoing series on what tools we keep in the Mill City roastery for efficiency, quality control, and more. Click...
What's In A Roastery: Part 2
This is the second in an ongoing series on what tools we keep in the Mill City roastery for efficiency, quality control, and more. Click...
Cupping Professionally: Part Four
This is the final post in a four-part series about how and why we cup coffee at Mill City. Click to read Part One, Part...
The Best Green Coffee to Start With
Where to start? There are so many decisions to make when starting your roasting business. What size roaster to purchase, where to install it, what...
What's In A Roastery?
This is the first in an ongoing series on what tools we keep in the Mill City Roastery for efficiency, quality control, and more. What...
Cupping Professionally: Part Three
This is the third in a four-part series about how and why we cup coffee at Mill City. Click to read Part One and Part...
Roaster Cleaning: Exhaust Fan and Impeller
It’s time for our quarterly maintenance at Mill City Roasters! If you’re on a similar schedule, you may want to start thinking about diving into...
Cupping Professionally: Part Two
This is the second in a four-part series about how and why we cup coffee at Mill City. Click here for part one. Fragrance and...
Cupping Professionally: Part One
This is the first in a four-part series about how and why we cup coffee at Mill City. Out of all of the protocols and...
Dialing In Coffee by Taste
Whether you’re checking quality control of a roast, brewing a pour-over for customers, or ensuring espresso shots pull correctly, identifying if a coffee is properly...
Five Big Mistakes to Avoid in Sample Roasting
A few days ago, I recorded a video about sample roasting. In the video, I shared our “profile” for sample roasting here at Mill City,...
How Your Filter Shape Changes the Flavor of Your Coffee
There are a lot of options to make when you brew coffee by hand, including the shape of the brewer. Pour-over brewers can have either...
Brewing for Balance, Acidity, or Sweetness: Three Recipes on the AeroPress
In our roastery, I’m constantly exploring new brew methods and recipes. This past week, I found three recipes for AeroPress that I thoroughly enjoyed. After...
Choosing the Right Grind Size for your Brew Method
Moving forward from the principles we laid out in last week’s blog post about grind size, we know why our grind size is important. Now,...
Why Is Grind Size Important?
Why is grind size important? Our grind size plays a vital role in how we brew coffee and significantly impacts the flavors we extract. Being...
Drink More Decaf!
Throughout my many years of brewing, serving, roasting, and teaching people about coffee, one of the most frequent and derisive conversations I have had is...
Flash Brew Iced Coffee
What is flash brew? Flash iced brew coffee is simple. Take the full amount of water you would use in a hot brew and split...
Roasters + Baristas: Information Exchange
Welcome back to our ongoing educational series in which we find ways to bridge the gap between the roaster and the barista. In our last...
Roasters + Baristas: We Can Work it Out
Welcome to a new educational series in which we find ways to bridge the gap between the roaster and the barista, whose common goal of...
Mill City Picks: Home Brewing Equipment
Following an upward trend over the past several years, many specialty coffee customers are enjoying their favorite beverage in a new locale: their homes. Home...
Mill City Picks: Cafe Equipment
Our founder, Steve Green, tends to refer to Mill City Roasters as a small business incubator. What he means by that is we’re a place...